Things to do

Make and excavate archaeological poo!
For most people, the idea of finding old human poo is disgusting. And the idea of dissecting it and looking at it carefully through a microscope is even worse! But this is exactly what some archaeologists do. Poos are called ‘coprolites’ by archaeologists. Coprolites…

Facial reconstruction
Facial reconstruction is the process of rebuilding a person’s face, usually in clay or plasticine, over their skull. It is often used in archaeology to depict the faces of our ancestors. You may have even seen examples in your local museum or on television. But how do…

Make your own canopic jars
In Ancient Egypt, people believed that everyone had three different spirits: the ka (the life force), the ba (the personality), and the akh (the soul). In order for these three spirits to survive into the afterlife, the Ancient Egyptians believed that the dead…